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UAs, Barnacles & More Thread 5 - The Canonn
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In that case the chance of winning at least once is only about 63%. I think most people would expect it to be much higher.
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Hmmmm very sneaky I was trying to get to NGC 246 the skull nebula ... but ended up heading towards NGC 2467 Skull and Crossbones (still quite a ways away)... That whole measure twice axiom folks ...well im on my way anyway
NGC 246 (Skull Neb) is supposed to be centered on BD-12 134 but isnt ... doesnt look like i could reach it anyway
Eta Carinae is another where they've got either the nebula or the star in the wrong place. Unfortunately the Homunculus Nebula didn't get the hand-drawn treatment despite being the subject of one of the most iconic Hubble photos.
understand what you're saying, but to retain RP credibility FD need to explain in their storyline the number of evacuation shelters delivered .
Following up on this; this was apparently a bug. I've now gone back to the same station, and they have a sell-price. Much lower than the galactic average as they aren't in demand (74k), but sellable nonetheless.
I am in interested in the technique used to find new barnacles. Is there a more effective way than flying at 2 km over a whole planet doing a visual search? I had problems doing that at Merope 5 C (-25.3417), (-158.4834) the other evening - couldn't find it even when I knew where (approximately) to look!
I did see quite a few POI blue circles- is there perhaps a link between barnacle sites & POIs being nearby?
I think someone (Edit-Iridium Nova on 21Jan #8526) posted that its possible to aurally detect from the SRV barnacles at long distance- can we triangulate for likely search areas?
I did see quite a few POI blue circles- is there perhaps a link between barnacle sites & POIs being nearby?
I think someone (Edit-Iridium Nova on 21Jan #8526) posted that its possible to aurally detect from the SRV barnacles at long distance- can we triangulate for likely search areas?
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The same thing happened with the Antares CG. The numbers required got revised down.
Probably a stupid question, but the lat/long stuff is aching my head.
People say, "from the Anaconda wreck, go North/Northeast for barnacle [X]" but as far as I can see, the compass is set to 0-360 degrees with no directional markings. Am I blind? Are we using the convention that 0=North, 180=South, etc?
Any answer would be appreciated and quit me nibbling on my fingers in distress because I also seem to be affected by the missing barnacle thing
0 bearing = North = increasing latitide
90 bearing = East = increasing longitude
180 bearing = South = decreasing latitude
270 bearing = West = decreasing longitude
Perhaps. But it's still a justification purely to explain away how the game works. It's questionable to take one of those justifications and then come up with a theory based on that. E.g. I don't think "Palin can't have really needed that many evacuation shelters so there must be something more going on" is a strong theory because the requirement of gathering a large number of shelters was forced on the CG by the game, not the story. It's possible they might sometimes make the unreasonable CG requirement important to the story in some way, but since the same sort of thing is going to happen for almost every CG that isn't a simple construction/terraforming job, most of the time the strange CG requirement isn't going to significant.
I caught up to the Distant Worlds crew today and am hanging out in the Eagle Nebula. What am I looking for in order to find barnacles?
Hi CMDR, try this for the site on Merope 5C https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=222049&page=581
It's a set of screenshots I took as a visual reference to easily spot it from 1000's of km away.
Aim for the heart!
I may make a similar post later on of the 3 barnacles together on P S JC-U B3-2 2.....That one is even easier to spot from space!
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Yesterday, I fired my SRV guns at a couple of alloys lying around at the Merope 5C site.
They explode with a HUGE bang, which echoes through the canyon for seconds and seconds on end!
It pretty much sounds like the bang you hear, when you dismiss your ship.
I'm sure I'm not the 1st one who fires at one of the meta-alloys...but have you paid more attention to the echo this produces?
Is there a reason why this always sounds different, or is it just RNG stuff?
They explode with a HUGE bang, which echoes through the canyon for seconds and seconds on end!
It pretty much sounds like the bang you hear, when you dismiss your ship.
I'm sure I'm not the 1st one who fires at one of the meta-alloys...but have you paid more attention to the echo this produces?
Is there a reason why this always sounds different, or is it just RNG stuff?
Woo Hoo! I think I just found my first new barnacle! It's another one on Pleiades Sector JC-U B3-2 1 so no huge revelation I'm afraid but I've checked the spreadsheet and it doesn't seem to be on there. The co-ordinates are -21.2740, -85.6115. I'm not sure how to add to the spreadsheet so if someone can stick it on I'd appreciate it.
Right time to continue the hunt, fly safe commanders o7
Right time to continue the hunt, fly safe commanders o7
Hmm, sounds like someone at FD must have slightly misheard when they were told that players were looking for a "more intense" gaming experience.
Finally got out of the sonic shower, ready to head out, Does anyone have a suggestion which areas to start surveying. Still not quite awake as I should be.
Nicely done! I entered your info for you. Credited your post too with a link. FYI if you find any more the entry form is here (it's dead easy):
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1x0PLhclU_6ClFE6JAuOfAtmik_57WV6AWHbkp8D2068/viewform
Be Carefull at Merope 5C, CMDR Harry "the Coward" Potter shoots my Unmanned grounded Cobra from behind with a Corvette Yestaerday, a realy Heroic Man.
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